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4 weeks ago in Local Photo: WHCU ITHACA, N.Y. (WHCU) — Protestors clashed Sunday in downtown Ithaca. The Ithaca Voice reports Back the Blue supporters began a rally at noon Sunday at the Bernie Milton Pavilion, met by a larger group of counter-protestors. Pro-police demonstrators voiced their outrage over a recommendation to replace the Ithaca Police Department with a public safety committee headed by a civilian executive director. Counter-protestors also made their presence known. Scuffles broke out a few times. Three flags, including a Black Lives Matter f...

4 weeks ago in Local, Politics jsalzone Photo: WHCU ITHACA, N.Y. (WHCU) — Ithaca’s chief of staff is leaving. Dan Cogan wrote in a letter to city staff he plans on stepping down in May from the job he’s held the last five years. According to The Ithaca Voice, Cogan’s note says he told Mayor Svante Myrick last fall he planned to move on before the end of this year, saying his five year anniversary seemed like the right time to leave. Cogan’s hopeful he’ll be able to help in the search for his repla...

12 hours ago in Sports Bubba Wallace says get the shot, like he did. Brad Keselowski says he hasn't decided yet whether to get vaccinated against COVID-19 while Austin Dillion and reigning NASCAR Cup Series champion Chase Elliott say it's a personal choice and no one else's business, though Dillon's Richard Childress Racing team did host a voluntary vaccination clinic on site for employees and their families. 12 hours ago in National The new World War I Memorial in Washington, D.C., will open to the public Saturday, and its launch was marked by a ceremo...

9 hours ago in Sports Hall officials revealed the full list of presenters Thursday. Members of a Hall class are asked to choose who they would like to accompany them to the stage and present them before their acceptance speech; when the inductee is being enshrined posthumously, as in Bryant's case, family members are asked to make the decision on presenter. 9 hours ago in National A group of congressional Democrats introduced legislation Thursday to add four seats to the Supreme Court, a long-shot bid designed to counter the court's rightward tilt durin...

As ICSD community members, we would like to confirm that the Board of Education ("BOE") of the ICSD conducted an appropriately independent, neutral, and diligent review of the workplace-related claims raised in the Urgent Appeal for NYS Education Department Intervention for Accountability, Justice and Fairness in the Matter of Brown, Brown & the Board of Education, Ithaca City School District, dated January 5, 2021, as filed by Peyi Soyinka-Airewele et al. with the New York State Commissioner of Education, on or about January 5, 2021 (the "Appeal”).  We have reviewed related press cov...